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Updated: May 4, 2025
'What adventure has brought you here? asked the boy-knight. Then they told him that in this abbey there was a shield. And if any man tried to carry it, he was either wounded or dead within three days. 'But to-morrow I shall try to bear it, said the King. 'In the name of God, let me take the shield, said Sir Galahad gravely. 'If I fail, you shall try to bear it, said the King.
And he read, 'This is the seat of Sir Galahad, the Pure-hearted. But only Sir Lancelot knew that Sir Galahad was the boy-knight he had left behind him in the quiet old abbey. 'We will cover the letters till the Knight of the Pure Heart comes, said Sir Lancelot; and he took silk and laid it over the glittering letters.
Afterwards he took Sir Galahad's hand, and led him out of the palace to show him the strange red stone that floated on the river. When Sir Galahad heard how the knights could not draw the sword out of the stone, he knew that this adventure was his. 'I will try to take the sword, said the boy-knight, 'and place it in my sheath, for it is empty, and he pointed to his side.
Afterwards he took Sir Galahad's hand, and led him out of the palace to show him the strange red stone that floated on the river. When Sir Galahad heard how the knights could not draw the sword out of the stone, he knew that this adventure was his. "I will try to take the sword," said the boy-knight, "and place it in my sheath, for it is empty," and he pointed to his side.
"What adventure has brought you here?" asked the boy-knight. Then they told him that in this abbey there was a shield. And if any man tried to carry it, he was either wounded or dead within three days. "But to-morrow I shall try to bear it," said the king. "In the name of God, let me take the shield," said Sir Galahad gravely. "If I fail, you shall try to bear it," said the king.
And as the old man's words, 'He shall see the Holy Grail, fell on their ears, the knights thought of the story they had heard so long ago, and they were sorry, for they had never seen the Sacred Cup, and they knew that it was unseen only by those who had done wrong. But the old man was telling the boy-knight to follow him.
She was a tall Princess, stone-blind and beautiful, walking to her doom; and he a boy-knight bucketing across the moor on his pony to save her and the burthen she bore so preciously in her arms her little son. And he would save her. Nay, he had saved her. He was so proud he could have shouted; he was so moved he could almost have wept.
And as the old man's words, "He shall see the Holy Grail," fell on their ears, the knights thought of the story they had heard so long ago, and they were sorry, for they had never seen the Sacred Cup, and they knew that it was unseen only by those who had done wrong. But the old man was telling the boy-knight to follow him.
'You will stay in the abbey and live with us, entreated the monks. But the boy-knight could not rest. Would he see the light that was brighter than any sunbeam again? Would his adventures bring him at last to the Holy Grail? Sir Galahad rode on many days, till at last he reached a mountain. On the mountain he found an old chapel. It was empty and very desolate.
As the strange light faded away, King Arthur heard his knights vowing that they would go in search of the Holy Grail, and never give up the quest till they had found it. And the boy-knight knew that he too would go over land and sea, till he saw again the wonderful vision. That night the King could not sleep, for his sorrow was great.
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